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The Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce has strived to advocate for the needs of the local business community on a municipal level. Ensuring business owners are informed on who is running for local municipal and school elections, permitting processes, ordinances and more, the chamber aims to see its business community thrive.

As the Texas Legislative session continues, the Allen Fairview Chamber is keeping an eye on some key state bills that could affect the local business community.

One issue Chamber President and CEO Sharon Mayer has been involved in through her service on advocacy committees for the Texas Association of Business, the North Texas Commission and the Regional Chambers Coalition includes House Bill 2127, an active bill in the State legislature. The bill deals with local control, placing restrictions on cities which could impact the recruitment of businesses to Allen and Fairview and could make it difficult for the chamber’s communities to regulate and determine what is best for the businesses and residents of each, Mayer said. The chamber aims to allow communities more local control to ensure ordinances in place best meet the needs of all community members.

“If state passes new mandates, cities have to conform to new mandates,” Mayer said “It takes away a lot of ability for the cities to actually govern in our own communities. The state of Texas doesn't want the federal government to tell them what to do. So why is it okay for the state to tell local municipalities what they can do?”

Other legislation that the chamber has voiced support for includes the Texas Jobs and Security Act, HB 290 which could create a pathway for chambers of commerce to offer health plans to member companies; House Bill 2021, which would protect large employers from costly regulations that would increase the cost of health care for employees and employers; and House Bill 8, which would establish a statewide funding plan for community colleges.

“This is important to the workforce in our community and across the state,” Mayer said.

The chamber aims to keep residents and business owners informed through its many meetings it has throughout the year. One such meeting is its Eggs and Issues meeting, where community members are given an opportunity to hear from local and state representatives as well as candidates for upcoming elections.

Its next Eggs and Issues meeting, slated for 8:30 a.m. April 19 at the Hilton Garden Inn, will be a candidate forum for municipal, school and Collin College elections.

More information on how the chamber advocates for the local business community and its legislative session can be found at allenfairviewchamber.com

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There's a new brewpub coming to Dallas-Fort Worth with not one but two locations. Called Boozie's Brewery & TX Fare, it's a full-service brewpub that will feature chef-driven food including Texas specialties, plus a fully functional brewery and full bar.

It'll open in Fairview Town Center in Collin County; another location will open in Fort Worth, called Boozie's Brewery & Gourmet Sandwiches.

The concept, which truthfully could have a better name, is from a team that includes founder Bruce Conti, chef David Hollister, Chip Stroup, and brewer Bobby Mullins. Which one of them came up with "Boozie's"?

Gonna guess "Boozie's" was Conti's idea.

Boozie's came out of Wild Acre, the brewery-brewpub combo which Conti was a part of. First they opened a brewery, then a brewpub at 6479 Camp Bowie Blvd. in Fort Worth, which earned a nomination in CultureMap's 2022 Tastemaker Awards for Best Restaurant of the Year.

In 2022, Wild Acre Brewing was acquired by Dallas-based Bishop Cider. They kept the original brewery.

Conti and company kept the brewpub spinoff, which will become a Boozie's, where they'll continue to serve a menu of elevated bar food crafted by chef Hollister, but with a new lineup of beer brewed by Mullins.

The Fairview location — at 311 Town Pl., in a space once occupied by a kooky restaurant called Wyland's Ocean Blue — is new, although it's been in the works for a while. (It was originally floated as a Wild Acre location.) They've already installed a dozen brewing tanks.

Both locations will feature a brewery on-site, and they'll also be transitioning from beer-and-wine-only to a full bar, so they can serve cocktails.

The menu at Fairview will be a departure from the sandwich theme of the original menu in Fort Worth, giving Hollister — a Le Cordon Bleu graduate who once worked as a sous chef for Grady Spears — a chance to create a new menu.

"We'll be showcasing more Texas cuisine — not barbecue, but more like trail food," he says. "We're working on a chicken-fried steak with a sourdough breading. We'll be doing a true Texas red chili, and a fun Texas caviar."

Since the location is in Fairview, they're also going to play with a state fair theme including a funnel cake dessert with a Dr Pepper caramel sauce.

No opening date yet, but they're already hiring staff so it'll definitely be in the fall.

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Boozie's will roll with the kitschy Nicolas Cage Mural on its back wall. (Photo by Courtney Dabney)

Two new brewpubs are opening in North Texas from Bruce Conti, 0ne of the original founders of Wild Acre Brewing, and his new beer team. Conti plans to take over the Camp Bowie Wild Acre space and turn it into Boozie’s Brewery & Gourmet Sandwiches. He is also opening Boozie’s Brewery & TX Fare in Fairview.

This new Fairview spot is the fruition of the beer paradise that Wild Acre was working on before it was purchased by Bishop Cider (a sale first reported on by PaperCity Fort Worth last May).

Wild Acre chef David Hollister will remain on (now in a partnership role) at the new Boozie’s Brewery, which already plans expansion. Conti and Hollister have also added Chip Stroup to the team. There’s a lot of history between Hollister and Stroup.

“He was my old director of operations from my years at Gas Monkey Bar & Grill,” David Hollister says of Stroup. “Plus, we hired a new brewer. The Wild Acre taps will come off and Boozie Beers will go on.”

The new beers will be conceived by Bobby Mullins of the former Armadillo Ale Works in Denton. Both Boozie’s will bring a creative and casual menu crafted by Hollister and brew in-house with equipment already installed. The Fort Worth and Fairview brew palaces will also both include a full bar with crafty cocktails from a mixologist. Add signature root beer and, if all goes to plan, some craft sodas too.

Bruce Conti owns the building at 6479 Camp Bowie Boulevard that the Fort Worth Boozie’s will call home. This was the space that Wild Acre planned to open in the heart of the COVID shutdowns in March 2020. Conti is moving ahead and sticking with the kitschy mural of Nicolas Cage from Raising Arizona that dominates the space’s back wall. Hollister is also an accomplished amateur photographer — and his photography will be featured on the walls of the new Fort Worth Boozie’s too.

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Hollister says the team is in the process of adding a green space/game lawn in front of the current patio. The menu will feature his house-made soups and sandwiches. Expect a birra grilled cheese and other creative spins. One sandwich Hollister rolled out this week is filled with jalapeno poppers. We’ll see if it becomes a fan favorite as well.

The chef photographer also hints that you might see bangers and mash on the menu soon too.

“Fairview will be more Texas cuisine,” Hollister tells PaperCity Fort Worth. “I’m doing a sourdough breaded chicken fried steak, inspired by my time working with Grady Spears. There will be a larded pork chop as well as fresh churros.

“It will be Texas with a hint of Latin flavor.”

There also will be ceviche and tomatillo verde soup on the Boozie’s menu.

The Fairview location is much more expansive, measuring in at around 7000 square feet, and the Boozie’s team plans a play on the word fair/fare full tilt. While the brewpub will be known as Boozie’s Brewery & TX Fare, there will be black and white photos Hollister took of ferris wheels and other fair related images. Plus, instead of prices next to items on the menus, you find the “fare” you’ll pay for each item.

“It’s a warm space with dark woods, walnut tables and rock floors,” Hollister notes. “So the black and white photos will be a nice balance.”

Boozie’s is arriving in a pair, but it could just be getting started.

“These will be the first two locations for Boozie’s,” Hollister says. “We are also considering different ideas like one that is more burgers and brats oriented — and another as more of a live music smokehouse in the future.”

The Fairview Boozie’s is expected to open first, followed by the transition of the Camp Bowie space, which should be complete later this fall.

A drive-through chain from Utah whose entire focus is drinks is coming to Texas: Called Swig, it describes itself as a one-of-a-kind customizable drink shop, and will make its debut at Fairview Town Center in Fairview on Friday, May 6.

The shop will open at 371 Southwind Ln., and will serve fountain drinks with a twist, including its trademark-branded Dirty Soda, a combination of popular soft drinks with syrup-spiked mix-ins.

They have all the basic sodas: Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Root Beer, Mountain Dew, Ginger Ale, etc. A 16-ounce base price is $1.45, all the way up to a ridiculous 44-ounce for $2.20. You choose your favorite soda, then for an extra cost, add flavors, creams, and purees.

Syrups average 35 cents and include Blackberry, Blue Curacao, Butterscotch, Cherry, Coconut, Cranberry, English Toffee, Fresh Lemon, Lime, or Orange, Grape, Grapefruit, Green Apple, Guava, Hazelnut, Mango, Peach, Peppermint, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Raspberry, Strawberry, Tiger's Blood.

Purees and Creams average 60 cents include Mango Puree, Peach Puree, Pina Colada Puree, Raspberry Puree, Strawberry Puree, Coconut Cream, Half & Half, Vanilla Cream, Whipped Cream, Passion Fruit Pearls, Strawberry Pearls, Tapioca Pearls, Frozen Mango, Frozen Strawberry, and Gummy Shark.

So, for example, you order a Coke, then add blue raspberry syrup, gummy sharks, and a splash of lemonade.

If you don't want to create your own, they have a selection of pre-fab creations such as the Big Daddy with Dr Pepper, raspberry, and coconut cream, for $2.40; and the Hula Girl, with Sprite, light lemonade, mango, pineapple, strawberry, and coconut cream, for $3.30.

Swig was founded in 2010 in St. George, Utah by Nicole Tanner who was brainstorming with her husband one night about possible business ideas and thus came the idea of a drive-thru drink shop that adds flavors to brand name sodas. Imagine if they had brainstormed a business idea that did not involve spewing single-serving disposable plastic cups with lids and straws onto the planet.

In addition to personalized sodas and energy drinks, they also have a proprietary energy drink, hot chocolate, boba tea, cookies, and pretzel bites.

"At Swig, we strive to be the best part of someone's day by offering a warm, friendly smile while serving the best-tasting drinks and treats in a fast-moving drive-thru line," Nicole Tanner says in a statement. Gotta get your drink quick.

Fairview will be the first Swig in Texas and the 39th in the entire chain, which also has locations in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, and Oklahoma. They're allied with Savory Fund, a consulting management group whose other brands include Mo' Bettahs and Via 313 Pizzeria

Swig, a Saint George, Utah-based sweets and soda drive-thru chain, plans to get its foot in Texas’ doors in the Dallas area early next year.

The Fairview Town Center location on East Stacy Road will be Swig’s first drive-thru in Texas. Swig is aiming for a February 2022 opening, a company spokesperson said. Swig’s second Texas location will open in McKinney at 5225 W. University Drive in spring 2022, according to a state database.

The company, founded in 2010, has about two dozen locations in its home state of Utah and a couple of others in Arizona and Oklahoma.

Swig’s menu features sodas, caffeine-free refreshers and drinks, cookies, popsicles and pretzels. In particular, the fast-serve drive-thru chain is known for its “dirty sodas” — alcohol-free mocktails with optional flavor, cream and fruit add-ins. The sodas come in serving sizes as large as 44 ounces.

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Dirty sodas have become a staple in Utah. Since much of the state’s Mormon majority does not consume coffee or alcohol, dirty sodas and sugar indulgences have taken the place of other beverages.

In 2015, the state’s dirty soda craze turned into a national story over a legal battle between Swig and another Utah-based competitor, Sodalicious.

Swig sued Sodalicious, alleging that the company had copied its trademarked “dirty” soda concept, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

After the lawsuit bubbled over and reached a settlement in 2017, the drink genre continued to attract attention via social media.

Swig in particular got a claim to fame on TikTok for its dirty sodas.

During the pandemic, dirty soda tutorials gained popularity on the platform, where users made their own super saccharine concoctions of sodas, creams, ice cubes and Torani syrups.

The soda shop’s Texas debut in Fairview is part of the beginning of a broader geographic expansion the company is planning. Swig’s new president, Chase Wardrop, told Silicon Slopes that he plans to add 18 new Swig locations in Texas, Oklahoma and Idaho.